The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-02-25
Farm AND HOUSEHOLD.

Sorghum. after being cut, deter. rates I.
very rapidly. IL should not bs allowed .
TO remain mote thar 81 Bay before being
worked, and less slime is preferable.
Every dairymsn should raise &c leae.
Cne eighth Of an acre Of corn fodder for
each COW. to help the pasture through
the dry season.
Kill your next seasons weeds now
Pull, dig, NOV, rake, pile and burn ali
the weeds you can find in titled land,
meadow, pasture or roadside.
Wasps will seldom attack a strong
colony Of bees, but if weak swarm is
near place frequented by wasps, they
will annoy the bees considerably.
Much time is spent on every farm IN
doing small jobs, and if proper convent
ences for these are not furnished, the
time thus wasted is 50 much clear loss.
Wheat cut before the berry hardens.
say az the time when it is passing from
the dough state, will make more and
better flour, than wheat hardened to the
last degree Of ripeness.
A good farmer will try to have stock,
grain, hay and roots, with water, under
one roof. This enables him to DO the
work with the least needless labor, and
gives more time for necessary improve
ments.
Press nicely mashed potatoes through
a seive OF colauder into the dish in
which they are TO be sent to table. As
they are apt 70 cool somewhat during
the process. place them in a hot oven q
few minutes before serving.
Care should be exercised as TO plants
from which seed is to be selected. The
best and strongest plants mature the
best and strongest seeds. Any particn
lar color or form can in many cases be
perpetuated by a judicious selection OF
seeds.
Have the back straps of your harness
made strong too many of them are
made thin and weak. A number of ac-
cideuts have occurred because Of the
breaking Of the backstrap letting down
the ureechIng ana causing the horse 10
kick and run.
To make a banana Charlotte, line the
sides Of quart mold with sponge cake,
and the bottom of the mold with thin
slices Of bananas. Fill the mold with
stiff whipped cream, and set on the ice
until wanted. Remove carefully from
the mold and serve.
It should be the practice to cut fruit
stalks Of Towering plants as soon as the
flowers fan. Such plants as snap-drag-
ons, Chinese pinks, and other biennials
that flower the first year from the seed,
can generally be made to flower the sec
Ond year if not allowed to fruit.
Take pieces o! cold meat Of any kind,
chop fine, season with pepper and salt,
just a little onion break over the meat
two or three eggs; add a small piece of
butter, and stir all together over the
Gre pour upon nicely buttered toast and
serve hot garnish with parsley.
Roll out tolerably thin little piece of
light pastry, and place in It a large apple
of good baking kind, pared and cored
cover it well with the paste, and bake il
in temperate oven. -Four of these
turnOvers, as they are called, make q
dish, and they are good either hot OF
cold.
The Importance Of ventilation iE ouI
sleeping-rnoms is generally understood
but it has been shown by actual expert
Inent that the water which streams dOwI
the inside of the window of 2 closed
sleeping room is so impIeguated will
the nOxiOus exEalatiOns of the sleeper
that one drink is sufficient to poison
rabbit
Just how far bees will fly from th
apiary and make a success of gathering
honey is yet little in the dark. Som
writers claim the italian bees Will q
five or six miles or even farther. Blu
we think two or three miles takes il
the largest of the crop. The Italian
have more average endurance on tb
wing than the black bees.
a nice cottage pudding may be mad
by taking one cup sugar, two eggs, tw
cups cream, one pint of flour, one ard
half teaspoons baking powder. Beat tn
eggs and sugar together, add cream an
flour with the baking powder sifted in.
pinch Of salt; mix into a smooth bate
as for cup cake !; bake in hot oven.
Put four ounces of good cheese, slice
as thin as possible, two tablespoonfuls q
cream and two of butter into a saucepa
and boil, stirring it gently all the tim
till 1t becomes thick and smooth, the
add a raw egg and little cayenne pep
per, and stir as before until the whole
quite hot. Serve on small squares {
dry toast. The above is enough for fou
people.
When thistles appear in oats, the tor
can be cut of a week or two before N
oats shoot up into heading. At tn
time the thistles are several inches tai
er than the oat leaves. II cut then n,
only are blCssoming and seeding prever
ted, but the short stubs of thistIes ia
out of the bundles in binding, and Ieay
the straw clean.
The advantage Of an ensiIaged crop
that it makes the farmer independent
drought. Drilled corn or sugar cane
rarely injured seriously by dry weathe
II the weight is slightly 1essened, it is s
much the richer. and the smaller bul
Of stalks will require nearly as muc
room in the silo after being thorough
pressed.